Predictors of pain resolution after varicocelectomy for painful varicocele

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 754-758

  Park, Hyun Jun ^a   Lee, Seung Soo ^a   Park, Nam Cheol ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

duration; pain; testis; varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80051565858     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.87     Document Type: Article

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